Roller-bearing.



O. WILSON.

ROLLER BEARING APPLICATION FILED 0cT.23.1913.

Patented'lune 20, 1916.

narran era l entren ODELL WILSON, OF LAKEWOOD, OHO.

ROLLER-BEARING.

Application filed October 23, 1913. Serial No. 796,849.

To all whom t may concern.'

Be 1t known that I, ODELL lVILsoN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Lakewood, in the county of Cuyahoga and State of Ohio, have invented ce1-tain new and useful Improvements in Roller-Bearings, of which the following is a specification.

The invention relates to journal bearings in which rollers are interposed between the journal and bearing members; and the object of the improvement is to provide means for properly spacing the rollers apart so that they will not come in contact with each other. The object oi. the invention, thus set forth in general terms, is attained by the construction and arrangement illustrated with reference to a wheel-hub on an axlespindle, in the accompanying drawing, whereinfl Figure l is a longitudinal section of the hub showing the spindle journaled therein; and Fig. 2, a cross section of the same on line 2 2, Fig. 1.

Similar numerals refer to similar parts throughopt the drawings. v

In the embodiment of the invention `illustrated, the spindle 1 of the axle 2 is preferably provided with the fixed collar 3 on the inner end, and the locking nut 4 on the outer end. `The supplemental collar 5 may be.

used on the outer side of the fixed collar 3, and s fixed thereon by means of the dowel pins 6. Annular race ways 7 are formed in )he nut 4 and the supplemental collar 5, in nhich race ways are located series of balls fter receiving the end thrust of the bearing member.

ping the inner sides of the-race ways 7, for

-Y- retaining the balls 9 therein.

rlhe journal sleeve 10 may also be provided on the journal 1 between the retaining disks 9, and it is evident vthat when the parts thus describedv (excepting'the balls 8) are clamped between the fixed collar 3 and the nut 4,they will be rigidly secured upon` the journal and may be referred to collectively as the journal member.

rlhe hub 11 is preferably provided with the end caps 12 and 12a freely inelosing the fixed collar 3 and the nut l of the journal member. For convenience in assembling the parts, the hub 11 may also be provided with the detachable sleeve 13, corresponding to and spaced at an interval around the sleeve 10 lof the journal member. The ring plates let may also be provided on the ends of the hub 11 and bearing sleeve 13 and. are hxed against rotation with respect to the same by the dowel pins 15. These parts may be referred to collectively as the bearing member.

The ring plates 14 lreelysurroun'd the end portions of the journal sleeves l0, and the parts' are so proportioned and arranged that when the balls Stare seated in the race Ways 7, theywill protrude slightly beyond the presented sides of the supplemental collar and the nutrthus forming an abutment for the opposing sides'of the ring plates 14:,

and stopping endwise movement of the f inner and outer sides of each, series spacing balls. The race rings 19 and 22 are freely positioned inthe interval between the journal sleeve 10 and bearing` sleeve 13, and also `between the ends of the rollers and the advjacent ring plates 14, so that although generally guided by these respective parts, they nliay be referred to as freely floating between t lem.

The top flanges 23 may be provided, as shown, around the journal sleeve 10, to prevent an endwise movement of the rollers with reference to the journal and bearing' members, or the free ends of the trunnions 1T may be arranged t'o be stopped by the ring plates 1.4; for the same purpose; thereby avoiding any clamping of the spacing balls between the rollers and the ring plates. In either case, it is evident that when the journal member is rotated within the bearing fmemoer, or vice versa, the spacing balls will be freely held in proper position by the rfloating race rings, without any binding of 'the balls or rings between the adjacentv members; and the parts are preferably so proportioned andA arranged that the centers of the spacing balls are located squarely between the axes of the roller trunnions, thus preventing any Wedging action by a radial disarrangement of the rollers or the balls.

elaim:

l. A journal member and a bearing meinber With intervening rollers having; axial trunnions on their ends, series of spacing balls between tbe trnlnions, separate eeneentrie floating race rings retaining eaeli lseries of balls, and means on one member stopfree of the spacing balls and race rings ping endwise movement of the rollers lor preventing a binding of the balls between 'the adjacent parte.

A journal member and a bearingmember with intervening rollers having axial tiunnions in their ends, series of spacing balls between the trunnions, separate \eo11- centric floating raee rings retaining each series of balls, and means free of the spacing balls and race rings stoppingr en'dwise movemeinber with reference to ment of tbe one the other member for preventing a binding of tbe balls between the adjacent parts.

3. A journal member and a bearing member with interveningrollers having axial trnnnions on their ends, series of spacing balls between the trunnions7 separate eencentrie floating race rings retaining each series of balls, means on one member free of the spacing balls and race ringsstopping endwise movement of the rollers with reference to the same member, and means free of the spacing balls and race rings for stopping endwise movement of the one member with reference to the other member for preventing` a binding of the balls between the: adjacent parts. l

ODELL WILSON. Witnesses A. L. BRENNAN, f' M. E. GRAY. 

